Ubering
A Day at Uber University
“My son has very dark skin and unusual grey eyes. They are so intense that you first see his eyes and then the rest of his body,” said Mona, who I picked up for an
America
Austin, Progressive Incubator?
It is known that DC, the swamp, is an American political hotbed. But to hear exciting and intelligent talk about politics I had to fly across America, to a distant conservative state, Texas, which is
Racism
White to Black to White Again: Sag Harbor’s Racial Shifts
In darkness less than 50 yards away, a young man in a group of 20 or more college-age young people carousing on the beach in Sag Harbor Hills at about 10:15 p.m. on the night
Trump Era
Speak Up Melania, My Compatriot!
“The dilemma — which he (Trump) does not fully grasp — is that many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his
Uber
Return to Uber
As I write this post, Accuweather tells me it is 92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius) on the street outside my house and adds that it actually feels like 100 (38C). It’s hot and muggy at
Gig Economy
Electric Glide
Sitting behind the wheel, stranded in a mass of cars waiting for the red light to turn green, a mirage appeared before my eyes: a skinny and elegant female figure molded as if by the
America
Can Hamilton Rewrite America?
Whether history repeats itself as a tragedy or a farce seems to be of little importance in the United States, a country where history stomped fresh trails, different from the rest of the world. And
America
Is the Most Brutal Building in DC Housing the Hope of America?
In October 2016, when my wife and I moved to Capitol Hill, in Washington DC, I wanted to get a sense of the space. So I started the new adventure by rambling along Pennsylvania Avenue
Geopolitics
The Book Trump Will Never Read
When Kim Jong Un came out in the open, analysts, spies and all kind of experts were running through the footage, sound bits, testimonies, intelligence reports and open source information collected during the few hours
Geopolitics
Is the World Spinning Again?
Is the world changing for the better? Watching the most recent events, one cannot but note that the escalations of hostilities between countries that we used to call superpowers–now bizarrely in the hands of inconsistent
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